That would be the basketball team.

Pitt is now #4 in both polls. The team got the week off from any games before they play tomorrow at home against a bad St. John’s team that can’t keep the top talent in their own playgrounds.

Actually the concern for Pitt with St. John’s will be who they hire as their next head coach. St. John’s president seems very determined to make a splash. Big names aren’t a concern, but St. John’s should be looking for a major up and comer with strong NYC Ties Bobby Gonzales at Manhattan is an obvious top candidate, but there are whispers that they may go after Pitt assistant and top recruiter (especially in the NY area) Barry Rohrssen. Eventually Rohrssen will leave Pitt, but it would be in Pitt’s best interest to keep him for at least 2 more years with Dixon.

Pitt can’t take St. John’s lightly, even if they are winless in the Big East. They just beat UCLA, which, even though UCLA isn’t great is still a decent team. There is also the worry of looking ahead.

Saturday, Pitt will have to travel to South Bend. A place where they haven’t won a whole lot of games. Notre Dame always seems to give Pitt problems, and you can bet they will look to knock off #4 in the country. Given how they played against Pitt last month, they have every reason to believe they can.